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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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If wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: Have sex with another women (M_NOSEXAFFAIROK)

Data file: MDG2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 711
End: 711
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
616. Do you think that if a woman refuses to have sex with her husband when he wants her to, he has the right to:

A. Get angry and reprimand her?
B. Refuse to give her money or other means of support?
C. Use force to have sex with her even if she doesn't want to?
D. Go ahead and have sex with another woman?

GET ANGRY/REPRIMAND WOMAN

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

REFUSE TO GIVE MONEY

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

USE FORCE TO HAVE SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

SEX WITH OTHER WOMEN

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know, it depends
8 Missing
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
NOSEXAFFAIROK (MV634D) indicates whether the man believes that, if a wife refuses to have sex, her husband has the right to have sex with another woman. This variable was one of a series of variables examining male respondents' views about "husband's rights."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sexual attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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